Author Topic: He 111Z (Read 833 times)

Jochen · « **on:** January 02, 2001, 09:58:00 AM »

Z is for Zwilling or twin, two ordinary He 111H's mated together and meant for towing Me 323 glider.

Amazing thing is that one netsite says that is was able to carry 4 X 1800 kg bombs... That is total of 7200 kg or 14400 pounds!

Could this be true or is it just misinformation?

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jochen Gefectsverband Kuhlmey I/SG 5

Sieg oder bolsevismus!

Fishu · « **Reply #1 on:** January 02, 2001, 10:59:00 AM »

hmm.. would that plane count as one or two kills if you separate them with a cannon?

brady · « **Reply #2 on:** January 02, 2001, 05:45:00 PM »

LOL

Brady

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Animal · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2001, 09:26:00 PM »

This proves that most LW aircraft designers were high on crack cocaine

Staga · « **Reply #4 on:** January 02, 2001, 09:44:00 PM »

Yep Animal, they were almost as high as guys who design this...

Fishu · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2001, 11:44:00 PM »

How many allied pilots do you need to fly a mustang?
Two, and also two mustangs pulted together..

ok.. bad joke.

Sascha JG 77 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2001, 05:46:00 AM »

Those look like serious clipping errors...

Sascha

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Jagdgeschwader 77 "Herz As!"

Suave1 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2001, 07:06:00 PM »

Actually the LW command was high on morphine .

Dinger · « **Reply #8 on:** January 04, 2001, 10:24:00 AM »

well, if that's the LRG you're referring to, they seem to throw in a lot of speculative/experimental configurations to make the planes sound really impressive. Yup, the Zwilling was primarily a glider tug for the Me321 (the 323 had something like 8 gnome-rhone engines on it). I think something like a dozen were built. Il-2 will have both. I like the concept, and the idea of the plane as a target more than as somethin' to fly and blow stuff up with.

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